Christopher Monnier

The above video clip, from the medical drama “Strong Medicine,” is loaded with medical abbreviations. BP, CBC, PT, PTT, EKG, and my favorite one: “stat.” Fun fact: the word “stat” is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which means “immediately.” Medical abbreviations and acronyms are deeply integrated into the workflows of healthcare practitioners, so […]

The notion of standardized user interface (UI) elements for healthcare IT applications seems vastly warranted. As discussed in an earlier blog post, clinicians are often juggling several tasks at once and as such need applications that require a minimal expenditure of mental energy. A consistent experience across applications can help clinicians reliably and quickly find […]

Last week my co-blogger Liza Sisler (@lizasisler) shared a great story about the power of Twitter in connecting people and ideas. As a straightforward one-to-many messaging service, Twitter offers a lot of different ways to disseminate knowledge. I think one of the most compelling use cases is in helping experts share information with non-experts–on Twitter, […]

As a user experience designer, my goal is to help design products and software that are as easy, efficient, and enjoyable to use as possible. A critical part of this design process involves understanding the needs of the various stakeholders–everything from the need for end users to be able to use the product without hassle […]

Okay, the fact that clinicians are busy is not actually all that newsworthy–it’s pretty widely known. In fact, the one overarching characteristic that seems to be common among the different workflows practiced by the clinicians I’ve worked with is that clinicians are busy. Whether it’s dividing time between similar-but-different proprietary systems or working with different […]

As a user experience designer, my goal is to help design products and software that are as easy, efficient, and enjoyable to use as possible. When it comes to healthcare applications, a fundamental part of this process involves understanding the workflows and processes employed by clinicians in the course of their daily work. By understanding […]

Hi, my name is Christopher Monnier, and I’m excited to begin blogging at the Perficient Healthcare IT blog! I’m a user experience designer at Perficient, prior to which I worked in product development in the medical device industry. I will be blogging primarily about the following topics: patient-centered healthcare the intersection of design and healthcare […]